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From: drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com
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Subject: Re: Type-ahead in unix
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Date: 3 Apr 91 09:03:20 GMT
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In article <15686@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>UNIX has "always" supported type-ahead.
>I think what you are discussing is deferred echo.
>Why would you have to have that?

I think they are discussing deferred echo, too.  As for why you have to have
it ... well, it would sure be nice to be able to type the next command
without ruining the appearance of the output of the current one!


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